TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 2010-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Computer Memories
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

[A master file is] a main reference file containing data that is relatively permanent but that is usually updated ... by a detail file, which contains relatively less permanent data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Fichier contenant des données lentement évolutives telles que la liste du personnel d'une société, le catalogue des produits, etc. Cette notion peut être étendue à des fichiers mis à jour à plus grande cadence, tels que les fichiers de stock.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bancos y bases de datos
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Archivo (fichero) que contiene material de referencia y, por lo tanto, no cambia frecuentemente.

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